The Old Closed Churchyard

Church Road Paddock Wood. Site of a Church destroyed by a bomb.

 

Merged image to illustrate location on Church Road by Paddock Wood U3A 2018 ©

The plaque on a remaining part of the Kentish Ragstone structure that can be seen in the churchyard (2022) ©

St Andrews Church as it was before being destroyed by a bomb in 1940 ©

Image of the destroyed church ©

A lovely image of the original interior of St Andrews Church ©

Image of the destroyed church with a bell tower and its weather vane intact. Illustrating the beautifully crafted ragstone. Some have suggested it is a shame the Church was not rebuilt on the same site ©

The grave of Dorothy Dickens in the old closed church yard, the granddaughter of Charles Dickens who lived and died in Paddock Wood ©

Remembering WW1 in the old St Andrews Churchyard 2018 ©

Remembering WW1 in the old closed St Andrews Churchyard 2018 . Rev. Bryan Knapp of St Andrews Church.